The duke Ching of Ch'i had a thousand teams, each of four horses, but on the day of his death, the people did not praise him for a single virtue. Po-i and…
1The duke Ching of Ch'i had a thousand teams, each of four horses, but on the day of his death, the people did not praise him for a single virtue. Po-i and Shu-ch'i died of hunger at the foot of the Shau-yang mountain, and the people, down to the present time, praise them.
2'Is not that saying illustrated by this?'
The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.
千驷：四千匹马。驷，同驾一辆车的四匹马。
首阳：山名。伯夷、叔齐：商朝末年孤竹君的两个儿子。父亲死后，兄弟互让君位而出逃。周灭商后，他们耻食周粟，隐居于首阳山，采薇而食，终于饿死。
其斯之谓与：这一句中的“斯”字是指什么，上文没有交代，因此意思不清。有人以为，《颜渊篇第十》第十章“诚不以富，亦祗以”（引自《诗·小雅·我行其野》）当在此句之前。